HPHC Testing of Tobacco and Smoke to Examine Cigarette Temporal Variability
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Recibido: 19 dic 2021
Aceptado: 24 may 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2022-0012
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© 2022 Rana Tayyarah et al., published by Sciendo
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Product 2 CO yields from non-intense smoking for long-term variability testing as an illustration of interactive effects among laboratories and of the magnitude of differences that may be expected from testing multiple batches of the same product in different laboratories using standardized methodology_
Product 2 Non-intense CO (mg/cig) |
Product range | Laboratory range | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batch | % | % | |||
Lab | B3 | G | H | – | – |
1 | 4.41 | 4.11 | 4.64 | – | – |
4 | 3.85 | 3.70 | 3.87 | – | – |
5 | 3.56 | 3.64 | 3.48 | – | – |
6 | 4.70 | 4.59 | 4.87 | – | – |
7 | 3.92 | 3.75 | 4.44 | – | – |
8 | 4.00 | 3.75 | 4.43 | – | – |
9 | 3.62 | 3.16 | 3.92 | – | – |
10 | 3.53 | 3.70 | 3.50 | – | – |
11 | 4.14 | 4.02 | 4.66 | – | – |
Average | 3.97 | 3.82 | 4.20 | 9.4 | 29.0 |
Relative range (%) among time point for each product sample for select parameters and constituents_
Sample | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Timepoint | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3R4F | |
Physical parameters | ||||||||||
Cigarette weight as-is (mg/cig) | Short | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | NC |
Medium | 1.3% |
1.7% |
1.2% |
1.4% |
NC | 1.6% |
0.9% |
2.6% |
0.2% | |
Long | 3.4% |
0.3% | 0.4% | 1.9% |
0.7% | 3.2% |
3.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |
Filter tip ventilation (%) | Short | 3.4% |
6.0% |
0.1% | 8.4% |
0.9% | 19.7% |
1.3% | 0.9% | NC |
Medium | 1.8% |
8% |
0.4% |
8.2% |
NC | 27.1% |
5.5% |
5.0% |
2.4% | |
Long | 10.4% |
8.6% | 0.1% | 9.0% |
2.8% | 14.0% |
0.7% | 1.2% | 6.6% | |
Tobacco constituents | ||||||||||
NNN (ng/g) | Short | 1.4% | 7.4% | 11.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 6.5% | 14.7% |
27.1% |
3.8% |
Medium | 41.9% |
31.4% |
51% |
14.6% |
29.4% |
34.5% |
30.5% |
81.5% |
2.8% | |
Long | 34.0% |
31.5% |
NCS |
2.3% | 13.8% |
28.1% |
NCS | 57.2% |
3.2% | |
NNK (ng/g) | Short | 8.1% | 24.7% |
8.1% | 12.6% |
10.3% | 2.0% | 15.4% |
32.9% |
3.3% |
Medium | 62.1% |
53.5% |
47.4% |
7.5% | 37.8% |
33.9% |
28.2% |
58.9% |
9.2% | |
Long | 34.7% |
20.9% | NCS | 6.4% | 36.0% | 21.4% | NCS | 54.4% | 8.9% |
|
Nicotine (μg/g) | Short | 2.2% |
1.0% | 4.8% |
3.1% |
1.0% | 4.8% |
2.1% |
3.9% |
0.4% |
Medium | 9.8% |
13.8% |
4.1% |
3.7% |
5.2% |
5.2% |
3.9% |
8.6% |
1.7% |
|
Long | 8.3% |
5.6% |
14.0% |
2.5% |
2.8% |
4.4% |
0.3% | 7.6% |
0.1% | |
Ammonia (μg/g) | Short | 6.7% |
7.5% |
9.4% |
6.7% |
1.5% | 0.9% | 34.4% |
12.8% |
3.1% |
Medium | 11.6% |
15.0% |
63.7% |
8.6% |
21.1% |
11.0% |
66.5% |
10.3% |
4.8% |
|
Long | 12.5% |
2.1% | NCS | 24.6% |
10.6% |
10.4% |
NCS | 17.2% |
1.0% | |
Smoke constituent – Non-intense regime | ||||||||||
Ammonia (μg/cig) | Short | 0.9% | < LOQ | 2.3% | 8.3% | 2.6% | < LOQ | 8.7% | 2.1% | 5.3% |
Medium | 18.8% |
< LOQ | 5.5% | 5.0% | 28.3% |
< LOQ | 17.7% | 19.2% | 6.0% | |
Long | 14.7% | 8.8% | NCS | 7.4% | 21.5% | < LOQ | NCS | 7.5% | 9.2% | |
Acetaldehyde (μg/cig) | Short | 5.0% | 9.5% | 2.4% | 6.5% | 6.9% |
51.1% |
5.1% | 7.4% | 6.8% |
Medium | 11.3% | 11.4% | 6.5% | 9.3% |
3.2% | 67.3% |
3.9% | 13.2% |
11.6% |
|
Long | 12.4% |
7.0% | 0.5% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 21.6% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 3.3% | |
Total HCN (μg/cig) | Short | 5.8% | 8.5% | 2.9% | 15.9% |
17.9% |
< LOQ | 15.7% |
16.5% | 4.5% |
Medium | 15.9% |
22.9% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 9.4% |
< LOQ | 30.1% |
16.4% |
7.7% | |
Long | 20.5% |
31.0% | NCS | 13.3% | 15.3% | < LOQ | NCS | 6.0% | 12.1% | |
4-Aminobiphenyl (ng/cig) | Short | 3.2% | 5.5% |
3.6% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 17.6% |
4.9% | 1.1% | 4.5% |
Medium | 4.5% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
51.3% |
20.1% |
5.3% | 5.4% | |
Long | 7.4% | 6.4% | NCS | 11.4% |
2.6% | 16.9% |
NCS | 5.2% | 3.9% | |
BaP (ng/cig) | Short | 2.2% | 3.0% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 4.2% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
Medium | 4.1% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 6.1% |
10.4% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 1.6% | |
Long | 8.1% | 6.9% | 3.9% | NC | 6.3% | 29.9% |
7.5% | 3.5% | 1.7% | |
NNN (ng/cig) | Short | 13.4% | 14.3% |
9.7% | 4.0% | 11.3% | 27.1% |
15.6% | 13.1% | 2.9% |
Medium | 36.9% |
11.9% | 21.9% | 5.7% | 8.4% | 54.9% |
51.3% |
44.7% |
16.5% | |
Long | 33.1% |
51.7% |
NCS | 0.7% | 12.4% | 25% |
NCS | 45.9% |
10.8% | |
NNK (ng/cig) | Short | 18.0% | 14.1% |
8.2% | 8.0% | 9.9% | 40.2% |
12.0% | 26.8% | 4.0% |
Medium | 44.6% |
31.7% | 25.1% | 11.6% |
17.6% | 62.9% |
34.4% | 36% |
12.6% | |
Long | 28.1% |
47.7% |
NCS | 3.4% | 12.2% | 34.0% | NCS | 32.9% |
12.7% |
|
Benzene (μg/cig) | Short | 6.4% | 16.2% |
2.8% | 3.9% | 2.9% | 23% |
3.7% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
Medium | 13% |
19% |
6.2% | 6.2% | 7.7% | 81.8% |
11.5% |
9.0% | 10.6% |
|
Long | 14.5% |
8.7% |
NCS | 0.3% | 1.7% | 28.1% |
NCS | 6.5% | 4.1% | |
Smoke constituent - Intense regime | ||||||||||
Ammonia (μg/cig) | Short | 10.6% | 9.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 7.2% | 3.7% | 13.4% |
5.9% | 7.2% |
Medium | 19.0% | 47.6% | 22.8% | 12.8% | 30.5% |
7.3% | 45.2% |
15.2% | 14.1% | |
Long | 1.6% | 9% |
NCS | 1.9% | 22.9% |
11.0% | NCS | 3.0% | 7.7% | |
Acetaldehyde (μg/cig) | Short | 1.7% | 2.6% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 1.4% |
Medium | 2.7% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 4.9% | 8.9% |
6.7% | 6.9% | 4.7% | 3.5% | |
Long | 2.4% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 9.4% |
3.9% | 10.8% |
0.5% | 0.4% | |
Total HCN (μg/cig) | Short | 5.8% | 5.2% | 7.4% | 1.4% | 9.6% | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13.6% | 4.7% |
Medium | 6.1% | 15.6% |
9.2% | 2.9% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 19.2% |
15.8% |
7.5% | |
Long | 13.4% |
10.5% |
NCS | 10.8% | 9.4% | 4.7% | NCS | 13.0% | 2.8% | |
4-Aminobiphenyl (ng/cig) | Short | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 4.7% | 2.4% |
Medium | 10.9% | 14.3% |
4.7% | 4.1% | 8.8% |
5.2% | 17.3% |
5.1% | 4.6% | |
Long | 10.5% | 9.2% | NCS | 6.8% |
13.7% | 9.6% |
NCS | 4.9% | 7.2% | |
BaP (ng/cig) | Short | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
Medium | 3.7% | 3.6% | 7.2% |
2.1% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
|
Long | 5.4% | 5.4% | 2.5% | NC | 7.9% | 2.5% | 8.5% | 5.5% | 1.4% | |
NNN (ng/cig) | Short | 1.2% | 17.3% |
19.2% |
18.9% |
5.3% | 3.5% | 10.5% | 10.1% | 4.3% |
Medium | 37.2% |
26.6% |
62.6% |
4.6% | 20.9% | 23.7% |
13.9% | 52.9% |
10.3% | |
Long | 22.9% | 52.9% |
NCS | 5.5% | 10.6% | 30.5% |
NCS | 40.6% |
12.5% | |
NNK (ng/cig) | Short | 6.6% | 2.3% | 14.8% | 9.2% | 11.1% | 15.8% | 21.3% |
21.6% |
5.7% |
Medium | 34.5% |
41.8% |
18.7% |
8.5% | 16.3% | 25.8% |
33.6% | 26.2% |
12.5% | |
Long | 26.9% | 49.5% |
NCS | 6.6% | 25.4% |
11.8% | NCS | 26.6% |
12.0% | |
Benzene (μg/cig) | Short | 5.0% | 2.3% | 8.5% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 10.5% |
5.0% | 2.3% |
Medium | 4.2% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 9.5% |
7.0% | 2.4% | |
Long | 3.7% | 5.1% | NCS | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.3% | NCS | 3.2% | 4.9% |
Study design and batch designations_
Batch designation Study phase | A | B1, B2, B3 |
C | D | E | F | G | H |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phase 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 1 | |||||
Short-term | shift 1 | shift 2 | shift 3 | |||||
Phase 2 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | ||||
Medium-term | quarter 1 | quarter 2 | quarter 3 | quarter 4 | ||||
Phase 3 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |||||
Long-term |
Sample descriptions_
Sample code | Blend | ~Non-intense “tar” | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
1 | American | 10 mg | – |
2 | American | 3 mg | Charcoal filter |
3 | Virginia | 10 mg | – |
4 | American | 10 mg | – |
5 |
NA | NA | Withdrawn |
6 | American | 14 mg | – |
7 | American | 1 mg | – |
8 | Virginia | 8 mg | – |
9 | American | 7 mg | |
10 (3R4F) | American | 8 mg | Single batch study reference |
11 (1R6F) | American | 8 mg | Informational |